The Open

The 36-year-old American triumphed by six shots at rainy Hoylake.

The 36-year-old held his nerve in the rain at Hoylake on Sunday.

Jon Rahm, Jason Day, Sepp Straka and Tom Kim finished tied for second.

Only two players in Open history have let a five-shot lead slip after 54 holes, but Brian Harman maintained that advantage at the turn at…

Scheffler had finished no worse than 12th in any of his 16 events this season and no lower than fifth in his last seven starts.

Only two players in history have squandered such an advantage after 54 holes.

The American recovered from a shaky start to compile a third round of 69 at Royal Liverpool.

Rahm jumped from two over par to six under at Royal Liverpool.

The world number three is the first player to shoot lower than 65 in an Open at Hoylake.

A third-round 68 lifted Hatton back to one under for the tournament.

Fowler carded a bogey-free 67, despite battling awful conditions in the early part of his round.

The American left-hander went into the weekend five shots clear of local favourite Tommy Fleetwood.

The American was five shots clear of nearest challenge and local hero Tommy Fleetwood.

Harman holds a five-shot lead over local favourite Tommy Fleetwood at the halfway stage at Royal Liverpool.

The world number two did not build significantly on his level-par opening round.

Hatton’s exploits down the last proved costly as he found himself 12 shots behind clubhouse leader Brian Harman.

The American sits on 10-under-par at the halfway stage at Royal Liverpool.

American Billy Horschel intervened to help remove one protester who invaded the 17th to throw powdered orange paint on the green

Three protesters were led away by police officers after setting off a flare and throwing orange powder paint.

Harman racked up four successive birdies to charge into the second-round lead.